As the seas rise, a slow-motion disaster gnaws at America’s shores
▻http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/waters-edge-the-crisis-of-rising-sea-levels
“In the U.S., you have best data set on what’s happening in the world, and yet it’s not used in public policy.”
Tiny Saxis, Virginia, population 240, was unable to cover its share of the cost of breakwaters that would have slowed the sea’s inundation of the town.